In an activity led by the coordinator of professional learning, Kelly Bikle, we discussed the aspects of trust in a coaching relationship. Kelly shared a book by Tschannen-Moran, 2014, in which 5 aspects were proposed for trust and collaboration.

​Openness, competence, reliability, honesty, and benevolence.

The above sketch was my visual representation of the coaching relationship and the trust that's needed in the relationship. I visualized an image of a safety net at the bottom of a burning building. In order for someone to trust the coach/mentor enough to jump, that net needs to be held up with these five pillars.

As coaches, do we start our coaching relationships built on these five pillars of trust?